By Hamish Girvan There are two quarterbacks in the NFL today that can be referred to as gunslingers. One a veteran in the twilight of his career maybe firing his[…]
Monthly Archive: December 2017
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Under the Southern Cross
Andrew Ramsay is the type of articulate Australian cricket journalist that is not from the club of recent Channel 9 days. Here he has written the history of Ashes cricket[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 December
Pollution levels were at 30 times the World Health Organisation’s warning level. Sri Lankan bowlers vomiting etc. But still the match went on. Meanwhile, downtown…. What’s not to love about[…]
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The Country Conundrum
By Scott MacLean In case you hadn’t heard, former All Blacks Charles Piutau and Frank Halai want to play for Tonga at the next Rugby World Cup. Problem for them[…]
A Modern Day Stat
Midway through his innings on Saturday Ross Taylor became the 25th New Zealand batsman to score 10,000 first class runs. The 25th. At first glance this seems extraordinary for a[…]
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Canterbury Cricket: So Wide of off Stump it Isn’t Funny
By The Spotter (*The following was written last Friday. I’d originally thought it may go up on another platform. That is why it is quite late in the piece). If ‘integrity’ were a[…]
Test cricket is a marathon and not a sprint
The oldest sporting clichés are the best ones. Setting a platform, doing the groundwork, laying foundations, putting in the hard yards etc. The first test at the Basin will go[…]
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NFL Week 13– The 4th quarter
By Hamish Girvan Two teams in good form coming into the last quarter of the season are the AFC’s Pittsburgh Steelers and surprise NFC team the Philadelphia Eagles and guess[…]
The TB Show
By Harbour Heather I pity those who don’t like sport, or don’t ‘get’ test cricket. It is the ultimate in reality television. Better than cooking shows or keeping up with[…]
